Page 14 Noah’s Ark, the submerged boat on Harveys Lake which we pictured in the March 2 edition of The Dallas Post, is not the abandoned, derelict craft it appears to be. Owner Richard Tattersall of Harveys Lake called the Post last week to relate some of the old ark’s history, and to say it had not fallen on hard times at all, but would be back in use this summer. Built for the U.S. Navy, the vessel is 76 years old. It was purchased from the Navy 57 years ago by the owner of Vulcan Iron Works, and it was he who placed it in the waters of Harveys Lake. Mr. Tattersall bought it from the iron works owner. “Although it's very slow in motion, it has a good Chrysler engine,” declared Mr. Tatter- sall, ‘‘and has been the scene of many happy times, especially for my children and their friends.” The durable craft is expected to be in service as soon as good weather prevails at the lake. Mr. Tattersall said the boat’s seams had sprung to some extent and, hence, it had developed leaks. This was the reason it was submerged in the lake’s waters, according to owner Tattersall. “We put it in the water just enough to cover the boards— We will jack it up to normal height in the water and hope that the boards’ expansion will keep it from leaking,” the boat owner explained. i Noah’s Ark weighs five tons and is too heavy to take com- pletely out of the water. Also, the Harveys Lake man said there are no boat works or yards in this area for repairing. In remarks before the 32nd annual corporation meeting of Blue Cross of Northeastern Pennsylvania Ralph S. Smith, president, identified 1971 as “a year of change and challenge...which gave impetus to a new era in Blue Cross history.” Highlighting his report were the association’s increased involvement in helping. to reduce hospital costs; a sharp rise in Blue Cross enrollment as well as sup- plementary major medical coverage; and the ad- ministering of nearly $84.5 million in record payments for health care for its members and others eligible under state and federal health benefit programs. The meeting also marked the first time in regional Blue Cross plan history that an area woman, Mrs. Granville C. Smith, 921 Pine St., Scranton, was elected to its board of directors. Mr. Smith said that despite a rate increase granted by the state insurance department in June amounting to two-thirds of the initial amount requested, a loss of $892,000 was reported for the year ending December 31. “Conversely,” he said ‘our operating costs were reduced from 4.2 per cent of income to an all-time low of 3.6 per cent, an achievement which came even in the face of inflationary pressures. On a comparative basis, only one other of the dicated a lower operating cost on a cost-per-contract basis,” he said. Toward helping reduce the cost of hospitalization last year, Mr. Smith cited the develop- ment of a ‘‘memorandum of understanding” with member hospitals encompassing specific guidelines issued by State In- surance Commissioner Dr. Herbert Denenberg, which is presently under consideration by the insurance department. ‘‘Another major step, in cooperation with Pennsylvania Blue Shield, was the develop- ment of an entirely new method of reimbursing hospitals and doctors for medical care,” Mr. “contain rising health care costs, Mr. Smith cited the continued endorsement of area-wide health planning, the expansion of utilization review, pre- admission testing (PAT) and extensive outpatient benefit programs, continuous audit of hospital claims, and the establishment of a program of management engineering assistance to member hospitals. As a result of these and more efficient service to subscribers, Mr. Smith said the insurance commissioner described Blue Cross of Northeastern Pennsyl- ‘vania as ‘“‘one of the most pro- gfessive in the Com- monwealth.” Mr. Smith, in recounting some of the association’s ac- complishments for 1971, stated that the area Blue Cross plan became the second of 76 plans across the nation to provide major medical coverage on an individual basis for persons not enrolled through groups. “Further,” he said, ‘in keeping with its newly an- nounced statement of corporate objectives, Blue Cross success- fully established a corres- pondence control system which assures more timely, efficient service to subscribers; programmed its computers to provide instantaneous data on ~ subscribers’ accounts claims history; and revised numerous administrative pro- cedures for the purpose of at- taining increased efficiency.” While Blue Cross enrollment during 1971 climbed to an un- precedented 520,549, the number of subscribers who have added major medical to their basic coverage reached 262,276, Mr. Smith said. During 1971, Blue Cross processed $84,475,415 for health care payments to members, re- presenting 580,000 claims—or an average of five cases per minute for every hour of each working day. Of this amount, $34,539,722 was paid by Blue Cross for members’ hospital care. The remainder represents amounts covering the following governmental programs: Medicare $30,395,934; medical assistance, $8,512,067; and serviceman’s dependents, $530,036. In its capacity as regional agent for Pennsylvania Blue Shield, Blue Cross also processed $10,497,653 in Blue Shield payments. In citing the activities that made 1971 a most significant year in Blue Cross history, Mr. Smith stated, ‘‘As the year ended, there were numerous indications that we had met the trials’ and, in our positive re- sponse, had emerged with new- found vigor and imagination to move ahead. With all signs pointing to greater involvement by government in the health care field, I am confident that our plan stands ready to assume an effective role in formulating and implementing any plan of health care coverage created by legislation and designed to serve the public good.” Newly elected Blue Cross board member Mrs. Smith is a native Wilkes-Barrean and is active in many Lackawanna County and national and inter- national church endeavors. In June, 1971, Mrs. Smith was elected chairman of the Commission on Ecumenical Mission amd Relations (COEMAR) of the United Presbyterian Church in the United States. She succeeded Dr. Charles Forman of the Yale University Divinity School. In August, 1970, Mrs. Smith was one of 21 delegates on the United Presbyterian Church to the Uniting General Council of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches, which met in Nairobi, Kenya, E.A. A year later, ‘she accompanied COEMAR'’s regional secretary for Latin America to Sao Paulo, Brazil, for a series of consul- tations with United Presbyterian personnel serving in that country. Mrs. Smith, a member and ruling elder of Green Ridge Presbyterian Church, Scranton, formerly served as an in- structor in the school of chemical engineering of In- ternational Correspondence Schools. Other Scranton or- ganizations ‘with which she ‘is actively associated include the League of Women Voters; the Museum Association, the American Red Cross, and the Women’s League of the Scranton Philharmonic Or- chestra. She and her husband have three children, Granville Jr., a junior at Yale University, and two married daughters, Mrs. Harvey Major, Nashville, Tenn., and Mrs. Goran Lun- dgren, who resides in Malmo, Sweden. Subscribe to The Dallas Post $1.25 612-614 Main St. Edwardsville, Pa. Call 288.6606 - 8 NOON ‘TIL 8 P.M. Cocktails Served * ROAST TURKEY * ROAST BEEF * CLAMS * LOBSTER TAIL * SHRIMP Plus... RESTAURANT CUISINE QEAF000D | Photo by Paramount Studio The Luzerne-Lackawanna Environmental Council = (LU- LAC) has announced the third workshop in its ‘‘Environmen- tal Crises” series, which will host several hundred teachers in the region. The series of eight workshops is funded by the En- vironmental Education Act and is being conducted in con- junction with the Northeastern Environmental Educational Intermediate Unit 19 and the Luzerne Intermediate Unit 19. Fried, Bill Louden, Previous. workshops con- centrated on enrichment of present school curriculum to in- clude environmental studies and review of the effects of overpopulation on the en- vironment. ! The workshop program will be conducted by John Hershey and Alan Sexton, Project CARE, Philadelphia, and will focus upon examination of local environmental problems: Teachers and selected students upside down cake and milk. and milk. with butter, fruit and milk. xAK $1.75 $1.75 Tablets. will be learning ‘how to” monitor local water resources, sample air quality, map regional watersheds and study energy resources of their communities. The teachers will be divided into four groups and will be sampling and testing outdoors for a part of the day’s program. Participating teachers are asked to wear appropriate clothing for the program. In Lackawanna County, the workshop will be held March 13 at the Grove Street Elementary School, Clarks Summit, Abington Heights School District. Dr. John Holbert is superintendent of the Abington Heights School District. The program at the ‘host school” will begin at 9:45 a.m. and conclude at 3 p.m. In Luzerne County, the ‘host school’”’ is Wyoming Area Senior High School, West Pitt- ston, Wyoming Area School District. Gilbert Perry is superintendent of the district. Again, the program will begin at 9:45 a.m. and conclude at 3 .m. Also receiving special in- vitations to observe the program are community leaders throughout the two- county area. CHECKERBOARD INN FEATURING Seafood Steaks Homemade Italian Food and Pizza Dinners Served Tues-Sat 5 til 12 diningroom closed monday Peter & Janice Mattioli ~ Carverton Rd. Trucksville Air Force ROTC Warren C. Boyes Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Warren C. Boyes, Country Club Road, Dallas, was awarded an Air Force ROTC scholarship applicable to the remainder of his college years at Lehigh University. Warren recently completed his first semester as a fresh- Senior High School in June, 1971, where he was a varsity wrestler. He was also active in Boy Scouting and attained the rank of Eagle Scout. While in high school, Warren was a member of the school’s debating team and also won the Voice of Democracy Contest sponsored by the VFW for three consecutive years. He repre- sented Dallas Senior High School on the ‘‘Science Count- down” competition show on WVIA-44 during his senior year. His father is chief systems operator for UGI Corporation and served with the Navy in Pulitzer Prize Play On Stage at Wilkes The Wilkes College Theater will present You Can’t Take It With You tonight, Friday and Saturday evenings at 8 in the Center for the Performing Arts. The Pulitzer Prize’ winning production, under the direction of Dr. William Martin, has been Cast members include Judy Fried, Bill Louden, Don Nash, Laniel Crawford, Bonita DeGraffenreid and Richard Finklestein. Others in the cast are: Leda Pickett, Nelson, Paul Garrity, Glen C. B. Flack, Robert Fabbrini, Karen Fried, Fred Pacolitch, Paula Cardias, Stewart Thomas, Dan Grow, John Malatras and Ruthanne Jones. A special evening perform- ance was given last night at 8 for regional high school students and faculty. = atom vo vse sid 0] Scholarship World War II. His mother is the former Map King- ston. Warren has two brothers, ‘Jeffrey, a sophomore at Dallas High School, and Hugh, kinder- garten student in Dallas. Slide Lecture Is Planned Wednesday Max Schleicher, assistant professor of mathematics at College Mie a, will pre- sent the second ture in his two-part series on the ‘State of Isarel” at College Misericordia March 15. The second session will deal with scenes of historic Christian sites in Isarel. The slide presentation will be given by Mr. Schleicher in Ken- nedy Lounge at 7:30 and will be open to the public at no charge. Slides to be shown were taken by ‘Mr. Schleicher on his recent tour of the mideast. The first half of the presenta- tion was shown at the college March 8 and featured slides of Isarel in general. No WE HAVE COMPLETELY COME and VISIT US SOON!! 5 PM ‘til 8 PM ‘MAIN STREET AS, PA. 675-9666 SERRE RS aR
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